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My Mom's Chocolate Pie
Author/Submitted by: The Best of Country Cooking--Jo Merrill,
By "Lloyd A. Carver" <lloyd2@mindspring.com> on Jan 5, 1996
Servings: 8
Categories:
Chocolate
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Desserts
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Pies & Pastries
Ingredients: 1
pie crust (9 inch),
baked
3
unsweetened chocolate squares 2/3
cup
sugar,
to 1 cup
1/2
cup
all-purpose flour 2 2/3
cups
milk 1/4
teaspoon
salt 1
tablespoon
butter 4
egg yolks,
beaten
1
teaspoon
vanilla extract
--Whipped Cream Topping--
1
cup
whipping cream,
chilled
1/4
cup
confectioner's sugar 1
teaspoon
vanilla extract
chocolate curls
Directions:
Melt chocolate in top of double boiler. Add sugar blended with flour, milk, salt, and butter to chocolate. Stir with a wire whisk over hot water until thick. Cook, uncovered, 10 minutes longer. Add 1 cup of chocolate mixture to beaten egg yolks, beating both together. Add to rest of cocolate mixture in pan and cook 5 minutes longer. Remove from heat and add vanilla; blend. Cool slightly. Pour into pie crust and refrigerate. Make topping by placing all ingredients in bowl and beating until stiff; don't overbeat. Pipe onto pie or frost with this topping. Top with chocolate curls or leaves if desired. Store in refrigerator.
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